Dhaka Sanitation Improvement Project

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The objective of the Dhaka Sanitation Improvement Project for Bangladesh is to increase access to safely managed sanitation services in select areas of Dhaka City and to improve Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority’s (DWASA’s) efficiency in sanitation service delivery. The Project has five components. 1. Institutional Support for Sanitation Service Delivery component builds on the Sanitation Master Plan, organizational diagnostic, and further preparatory assessments. 1.1. Support for establishment of a strengthened sanitation function in the DWASA’s organizational structure and training and capacity building subcomponent will support operational and financial strengthening of DWASA. 1.2. Support to commercial and financial strengthening activities for sanitation functions of DWASA, including development of a tariff framework to incrementally cover operation and maintenance (O and M) costs subcomponent will provide support for: (a) Development and implementation of a sewer connection strategy and plan; (b) Tariff framework rationalization; (c) Improved commercial management for improving DWASA’s billing systems; (d) Other suggested areas of improvement. 1.3. Engagement with citizens including the low-income communities and female-headed households for improved water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) practices and climate adaptation; mobilizing households to connect to sanitation systems; improved customer orientation and improved grievance redress; and communications strategy and citizens’ engagement subcomponent will strengthen services for customers, low-income communities (LICs), excluded households, and female-headed households. 1.4. Technical assistance for exploring feasibility of advanced financing options in future infrastructure provisions for DWASA subcomponent will include a study of financing options such as Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT), Design-Build-Operate-Transfer, and so on for DWASA in the future. 1.5. Coordination with other stakeholders including technical assistance to address coordination issues on sanitation between DWASA, the Dhaka City Corporations (DCCs), the Department of Environment (DoE), RAJUK (Capital Development Authority), and other agencies subcomponent will include technical assistance to address coordination issues on sanitation between DWASA and the DCCs. 2. Sewerage and Wastewater Treatment component has the following subcomponents: Subcomponent 2.1. Provision of support for rehabilitation, replacement of sewerage and reactivation/new construction of sewer connections; Subcomponent 2.2. Support the replacement and/or rehabilitation of Eastern and Western Trunk Mains using a Design-Build approach; Subcomponent 2.3. Support the construction of a new Pagla Sewage Treatment Plant at the existing treatment site; Subcomponent 2.4. Support finalization of feasibility studies, engineering designs and bidding documents for priority sewerage and wastewater treatment interventions in the Uttara catchment. 3. Alternative Sanitation component will include: Subcomponent 3.1. Improve sanitation and septage management within Pagla catchment, through upgradation of unimproved toilets of poor households through the support of select non-governmental organizations; Subcomponent 3.2. Provision and installation of demonstration units for alternative sanitation solutions viz. supporting pilot demonstrations of Decentralized Wastewater Treatment Systems (DEWATS), communal septic tanks; Subcomponent 3.3. Provision of services involving septage emptying, transport and treatment, including leasing of emptying and transport equipment to private operators. 4. Project Implementation and Management Support component will support DWASA in coordinating and implementing project activities, complying with the World Bank fiduciary procedures and safeguards. 5. Contingent Emergency Response component will allow for rapid reallocation of loan proceeds from other project components during an emergency.